Principal Software Engineer

Noyes Technologies; München; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Noyes Technologies in München sucht einen Principal Software Engineer, der die Architektur der Plattform über API, Brain/ROS, Client/SDK, Cloud-Dienste, UI und Deployment verantwortet. Sie definieren Prinzipien, Schnittstellen und Qualitätsmaße und setzen Guardrails für Sicherheit, Zuverlässigkeit, Observability und Performance.

Sie arbeiten eng mit Product und Delivery zusammen, mentorieren Senior Engineers, gestalten den technischen Fahrplan und helfen Teams, Delivery zu ownership.

Qualifications

• Zehn Jahre+ Berufserfahrung in der Softwareentwicklung, mehrere Jahre in einer Architektur-/Leitungsrolle.
• Nachweisliche Erfolge im Skalieren verteilter Systeme mit Fokus auf Qualität und Sicherheit.
• Hands-on, wenn nötig, mit der Fähigkeit, durch Einfluss zu führen.
• Gute Englischkenntnisse; Deutschkenntnisse von Vorteil.

Responsibilities

• Leite die Plattformarchitektur über API, Brain/ROS, Client/SDK, Cloud und Deployment.
• Definiere Architekturprinzipien, Modulegrenzen, Schnittstellen und Qualitätsmaßstäbe.
• Schaffe Sicherheits-, Zuverlässigkeits- und Observability-Standards.
• Dokumentiere Entscheidungen und halte Transparenz über das System aufrecht.
• Führe Technical Leadership, Mentoring und Code-Reviews auf Senior-Ebene.
• Koordiniere Roadmap mit Product/Stakeholders und Governance von Upgrades.

Skills

Leadership

Architekturführung

Mentoring

Englische Kommunikation

Tools

Python (FastAPI)

PostgreSQL

Alembic

MQTT

WebSockets

React

TypeScript

ROS

Docker

docker-compose

Ansible

pytest

Job description

• Lead the platform’s architecture across API, Brain/ROS, client/SDK, cloud services, UI, and deployment.
• Define and evolve architectural principles, module boundaries, interfaces, and quality bars.
• Establish guardrails for security, reliability, observability, and performance.
• Ensure decisions are documented and aligned across teams.

Technical Leadership (with and through teams)

• Shape the technical roadmap with Product/Stakeholders; define a clear “North Star” architecture.
• Mentor and coach Senior Engineers; drive high-quality design and code reviews.
• Tackle high-impact spikes/migrations hands-on while enabling teams to own delivery.
• Build consensus for cross-cutting changes and manage deprecation/upgrade paths.

Platform & Infrastructure

• Govern CI/CD, release strategy, versioning, and artifact management.
• Optimize containerization and on‑prem deployments (Docker, Compose, Ansible).
• Standardize logging, tracing, and monitoring; balance cost, reliability, and security.

APIs, Data & Integration

• Ensure contract-safe APIs and Protobuf schemas with strong backward compatibility.
• Oversee data modeling and migrations (Alembic) across services.
• Architect robust real-time communication (MQTT/WebSocket) and messaging patterns.

Quality & Security

• Drive a multi-layer test strategy (unit, integration, e2e) with meaningful coverage.
• Lead security reviews, secret and dependency management, and hardening of images/endpoints.

Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate closely with Product, Delivery, and Customer teams; translate requirements into architecture.
• Communicate decisions clearly and maintain transparent documentation.

Ihre Aufgaben

What You’ll Do

• Lead the platform’s architecture across API, Brain/ROS, client/SDK, cloud services, UI, and deployment.
• Define and evolve architectural principles, module boundaries, interfaces, and quality bars.
• Establish guardrails for security, reliability, observability, and performance.
• Ensure decisions are documented and aligned across teams.
• Technical Leadership (with and through teams)
• Shape the technical roadmap with Product/Stakeholders; define a clear “North Star” architecture.
• Mentor and coach Senior Engineers; drive high-quality design and code reviews.
• Tackle high-impact spikes/migrations hands-on while enabling teams to own delivery.
• Build consensus for cross-cutting changes and manage deprecation/upgrade paths.
• Platform & Infrastructure
• Govern CI/CD, release strategy, versioning, and artifact management.
• Optimize containerization and on‑prem deployments (Docker, Compose, Ansible).
• Standardize logging, tracing, and monitoring; balance cost, reliability, and security.
• APIs, Data & Integration
• Ensure contract-safe APIs and Protobuf schemas with strong backward compatibility.
• Oversee data modeling and migrations (Alembic) across services.
• Architect robust real-time communication (MQTT/WebSocket) and messaging patterns.
• Quality & Security
• Drive a multi-layer test strategy (unit, integration, e2e) with meaningful coverage.
• Lead security reviews, secret and dependency management, and hardening of images/endpoints.
• Stakeholder Management
• Collaborate closely with Product, Delivery, and Customer teams; translate requirements into architecture.
• Communicate decisions clearly and maintain transparent documentation.

Ihr Profil

Your Profile

• 10+ years of professional software development, including several years in a Principal/Staff role owning architecture and implementation
• Proven success scaling distributed systems with high standards for quality and security.
• Hands‑on when needed on critical paths; strong ability to lead through influence.
• Clear, structured communicator in English (German a plus).

Our Tech Stack (role-relevant)

• Backend: Python (FastAPI), Postgres, Alembic
• Device Communication: MQTT (Mosquitto), WebSockets
• Frontend: React, TypeScript
• Robotics/Brain: ROS-based components
• Infra/Delivery: Docker, docker-compose, Ansible
• Testing: pytest, extensive e2e/feature suites

Nice to Have

• UI/Design: Design systems, UI/UX principles, Figma; strong collaboration with Design/Frontend.
• Cloud & Edge: Hybrid cloud/on‑prem operation, artifact and release management for customer deployments.
• Security/Compliance: Threat modeling, secrets management, policy frameworks.

Warum wir?

Our Mission

We build the software that powers NoyesStorage. The Software is an integrated software platform spanning API services, mostly on‑prem components, a React UI, a ROS-based orchestration system (called brain), comprehensive tests, deployment tooling, and analytics. As Principal Software Engineer, you lead central architectural decisions and technical excellence across all subsystems. You set the architectural direction and enable the team to execute effectively.

Über uns

Wir sind Noyes Technologies, ein in München ansässiges Robotik-Start-up mit der Vision, das menschliche Potenzial mit den effizientesten und flexibelsten Nano-Lagertechnologien zu erweitern. Mit unserem Noyes Storage haben wir eine einzigartige Nanolager-Automatisierungslösung entwickelt, die hochgradig modular, ultra-dicht und erschwinglich für verschiedene Anwendungsfälle ist. Für Fragen und Anregungen stehen wir Ihnen gerne zur Verfügung, entweder per Email [e-mail] oder telefonisch unter [phone]